Planning and design phase
The second phase in the PLC, presented by Bennett (2003), is the planning and design phase
which is relatively longer than the others. This project development process consists of three
sequential stages for more convenient phase completion and project delivery.
In the first step, project organization starts to be formulated. Main actors in the project and
their roles are defined along with competences which are assigned to each position in
particular (Bennett, 2003). After appointing the project team, a project brief is written which
in detail describes the scope of the project and its objectives. In a construction project, first
the needs of the stakeholders must being identified and then the design team makes initial
sketches of each idea separately (Bennett, 2003). It helps to identify potential risks associated
with proposed solutions. As a result of this examination, all identified ideas are ranked and the
most feasible one is chosen for further development (Westland, 2006).